3 What causes sound?The tuning fork vibrates and you hear a sound.All sounds are caused by vibrations.Take a tuning fork and strike it against a block of wood, what do you observe?

4 Music What vibrates when you sing? Your voice-box.What vibrates when you play a violin?The strings

5 The Bell-jar experimentWhat happens when the air is removed from the bell-jar? Sound waves are vibrations and so need a substance to travel through. With air inside, the sound can be heard.With nothing inside [a vacuum], the sound can’t be heard.

6 Sound : How fast does it travel? You need a quiet open space at least 100m long to perform this investigation.STOPSTART> 100m1) When you see the cymbals crash, press START.2) When you hear the cymbals crash, press STOP. Write your results in a table like this:

8 Sound : How fast does it travel?Sound waves need particles in order to travel.The substance that the sound travels through affects the speed of sound greatly.Speed of sound [m/s]

9 Travelling soundSound travels by particles vibrating. To understand this better you need to remember what the particles look like in a solid, liquid and a gas:solidliquidgasWhich state does sound travel fastest through? Why?In which state are the particles closest together?Sound travels fastest through solids because the particles are closer together than in a liquid and a gas, so the vibrations are more easily passed from particle to particle.solidIn which state are the particles furthest apart?gas

10 Sound : How fast does it travel? Most of us have seen thunder storms - which comes first, the thunder or lightning? The lightning gets to our eyes before the thunder reaches our ears.1) Thunder & lightning are made at the same time so we deduce that light travels much faster than sound.2) In fact light travels so fast that:the time between seeing the flash and hearing the bang = time taken for sound to travel.

11 Reflection : echoes You should remember that sound is produced by a vibration and travels as a longitudinal wave………..and that sound travels at different speeds through different substances [or media] Sound waves reflect off hard, smooth surfaces to produce echoes

12 Using echoes What do we call reflected sound? an echoWhich surfaces are the best at reflecting sound:HARD or SOFT ?How are echoes reduced in cinemas and theatres?By using soft materials on the walls such as curtains.Name two animals that use echoes?Bats and Dolphins

13 START STOP Reflection : Echoes 150m Stand at least 100m from a large, straight wall Measure the distance from you to the wall Use a starting pistol [or clapper board] to make a soundSTARTSTOP Measure the time taken between firing the pistol and hearing the echo Remember, this is ‘two way travel time’ [twtt]

14 SPEED = DISTANCE  TIME v = 300  0.92 v = 326 m/s Reflection : Echoes The sound takes 0.92s to travel 300m Remember the formula for speed?SPEED = DISTANCE  TIMEv =  0.92v = m/s Repeat this several times to obtain an average For the Higher Tier paper you will need to be able to change the subject of the formula

16 Studying soundLoudspeakers convert the signal from the signal generator into sound waves.The oscilloscope allows us to study the frequency and loudness of a sound.Signal generators can produce signals over a range of frequencies and of varying amplitudes.

17 The more waves you can see, the higher the pitch/frequency.Pitch (or frequency) A high pitch sound. A low pitch sound.The shorter/longer the wavelength of the wave on the trace; the lower/higher the frequency of the sound.The more waves you can see, the higher the pitch/frequency.

18 Which trace represents the highest pitched sound?Oscilloscope tracesWhich trace represents the highest pitched sound?AB‘A’ is the highest pitched sound because it has the shortest wavelength/most number of waves visible.

19 The bigger the waves you can see, the louder the sound.Loudness A quiet sound. A louder sound.The larger/smaller the amplitude of the wave on the trace, the louder/quieter the sound.The bigger the waves you can see, the louder the sound.

20 Which trace represents the loudest sound?Oscilloscope tracesWhich trace represents the loudest sound?AB‘B’ Is the loudest sound because it has the largest amplitude.The larger the amplitude the more energy a wave has.The more energy it has, the louder the sound.

22 Sound : What can I hear? Increase the frequency of the signal provided by a signal generator whilst keeping the volume the same.20 The lowest frequency I can hear is ________ Hz The highest frequency I can hear is ________ Hz20 000

23 Sound : Are we all the same? You have just found your hearing range - could everyone hear exactly the same frequencies as you?We all have slightly different hearing ranges but almost 1 in 5 people suffer some sort of hearing loss. This changes with age. A baby has a wider range than an older person. Temporary hearing loss may be caused by ear infections and colds and hearing recovers. Permanent hearing loss and deafness can be present at birth or occur if the ear is damaged or diseased.

24 Sound : Are we all the same? Hearing is tested using an audiometer and the results are shown on an audiogram.Hearing Loss [dB]

26 Sound : The ear 1. Sound waves are collected by the ear lobe or pinna.6. The auditory nerve takes the signals to the brain.2. The waves travel along the ear canal.3. The waves make the ear drum vibrate.4. The small bones [ossicles] amplify the vibrations.5. The cochlea turns the vibrations into electrical signals.

27 Sound : The ear 1.Sound waves are collected by the ear lobe or pinna.6.The auditory nervetakes the signalsto the brain.6412352.The waves travel along the ear canal.5.The cochlea turns these into electrical signals.3.The waves make the ear drum vibrate.4.The small bones (ossicles) amplify the vibrations.

30 What is noise?What you might not consider noise, loud music for example, other people might.A noise is any unwanted sound.What are the effects of noise?1. _________2. _________3. _________4. _________DeafnessVomitingHow can you reduce the effects of loud noise?___________________________________________________HeadachesNauseaEar protectorsDouble glazingPutting noisy machinery in insulated rooms